| |
| | ANJOU - LoveToKnow Article on ANJOU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Lambert, a former count of Nantes, after devastating Anjou in concert with Nominee, duke of Brittany, had by the end of the year 851 succeeded in occupying all the western part as far as the Mayenne. |
 | | The principality, which he thus carved out for himself, was occupied, on his death, by Erispoe, duke of Brittany; by him it was handed down to his successors, in whose hands it remained till the beginning of the loth century. |
 | | All this time the Normans had not ceased ravaging the country; a brave man was needed to defend it, and finally towards 861, Charles the Bald entrusted it to Robert the Strong (q.v.), but he unfortunately met with his death in 866 in a battle against the Normans at Brissarthe. |
| www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AN/ANJOU.htm (2454 words) |
|